Sunfish

There's a glow on the ripples coming downstream
The yard is a kingdom, secret to me
I don't want anyone else to see

Down in the grass watching ants from my knees
Or up in the branches of the mulberry tree
I don't want anyone following me

Sundays we spend with our feet in the water
Watching the sunfish flash over the stones
Later at dinner I sit like a soldier
Hiding inside when I'm home

Out just beyond where their voices can reach
Thrown from the house meant to catch up to me
But I'm drifting to sleep on a blanket of leaves
And all I can hear is the wind in the trees

Sundays we spend with our feet in the water
Watching the sunfish flash over the stones
Later at dinner I sit like a soldier
Hiding inside when I'm home
Hiding inside when I'm home